St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-24
GIUsEPPINA.
The Great Jealousy of a Beausy.

| a CONFUSION of sunny
! ! i !.
"a 9hair, framing an ova
N EE face, full of poetry-in-
nv E0E nocent expression my
] AM( E b tutor termed it, perhaps
@R> - more properly-large, in
| A[fWE In genuouS eyes. which
| EAiIv b seemed to have drawn
EWl lEB - their color from her ma
| NS tive sky. and form as
perfect almost as MilO's
sculptured dream. Such was the peasant
| girl l met in Lombard village near Pavia
| five years ago.
Though the recollection of the blonde
beauties of st. Petersburg was still fresh in
my memory, though l had wOrshiped the
black hair, fair skins and damask cheeks of
the Niennese bellies month before, and had
just escaped by flight from the spells of the
dark, flashing eyes of AndaluSia's ravishing
| daughters. L was struck with this simple
lass. Perhaps it was because of my par
TALLY for blondes that she stood singular
among hundred sun-browned daughters OF
the South. One of her parents-which.
do not remember, if ever learned-was a
German, and hence her complexion. This
penchaDt may have been partially the
cause for my admiration, for in the water
color portrait before me | fail to discover
sufficient beauty to awaken feeling of in
terest. Yet l never considered her fea-
lures artistically correct. 1t was that re-
markable expression which l have men,
toned before. her superb figure, and her
native elegance of manner and department
that fascinated me.
Our landlords son had driven us over to
fair in another village, few miles from
where we were stopping, and she was
standing in front of one of the quaint
booths, laughing at the buffoonery of some
| mOuntebankS when l first saw her.
My tutor laughed when pointed her out
to him.
You forget Count VS. daughter, ii
he said; you told her on your knees that
| she was-'
put my hand over his mouth and pre-
vented his further recalling that sweet but
foolish dream of callow youth.
1t was customary for my travelling com
panlon to become sarcastic ON such occa.
| sons. Fancy young mani emphasize
the last world was Is, numbered with an
| Old Man of the Sea for a tutelary deity,
who insists on catechiZing him on moral
| philosophy or ancient history at the point
where compliment imperceptibly passes to
sentiment in conversation with lady. Add
| to that the peculiar susceptibility of the VIC
| tim and you can readily conceive how ter
rible must be the torture in having such a
| mentor.
Whatever I said to Mile. w."
said. cannot alter the fact that the girl
| before me is exceptionally pretty"
The professor, as he loved to be called,
was rapidly becoming purple in the face, as
1 still held his mouth closed. For the same
| reason he could not speak, and so winked
three times. like old Nortier, to signify his
| assent to my declaration, on which [ with
drew my hand.
you mean Giuseppina, the pale girl?''
| asked Giacomo, the driver.
Eyes" 1 replied.
'All foreigners think her pretty. but"
He shrugged his shoulders to signify that
he did not agree with their taste, trick
that he had probably learned from some
French tourist.
''You know her, then?" I queried, not
needing the deprecatory action and anxious
to speak with the girl from mere curiosity.
that might be enabled to judge of her
character
''Oh, yes; she is my cousin. See. that is
my sister Angola, her with the velvet bod
ice. that Is speaking with her.'' - =
And you can bring me to herr,
Before Giacomo could reply, the pro-
fessOr somewhat alarmed, broke in. and.
addressing me, said
There are some very fine ruins in this
neghborhood that show us in what manner
the masters of Como lived We must see
them to-day, and we had better take this
opportunity and drive there now"
Il am not particularly interested in an
tique beauty to-day" replied, My caprice
just now leads my admiration towards
youthful living loneliness. 1 decline to 60"
The defiant speech astonished the pro-
fessor. -
''You must" he began.
leaped from the vehicle
''lf must l am interested to know who
shall compel me-" l said. '.Angiola shall
make me acquainted with this Giuseppina,
and shall be anSwerable for my own ac-
TONS"
Since the attempt had been made to
| thwart me was determined on meeting
the girl. not caring whether the result
should repay me for my trouble, but in
order that might assert the independence
| of my manhood. The good old man had
been charged to prevent Inc getting
into mischief during the two years
was given to travel on the con-
| tinent-from foolish or disreputabe affaires
d'amour he was especially directed to pro-
| tect me. but the weak, kind-hearted tutor
saw it was useless to contend with his
refractory pupil He was passionateIy fond
of antiquities, and really longed to see
| those relics of ancient Lombard magnii-
| cence, and so far did he forget his solemn
| duty that he abandoned his precious charge
AN empty vessel, you say-and went off
| without me.
Half an hour later I was strolling among
the booths and pressing through the crowds
with Giuseppina on my arm. Angola,
| sensible girl thai she was, soon saw that
her company was not required and did not
intrude herself on us. How proud the
| simple maiden was, how her bosom heaved
and her voice thrilled az she spoke. blush
! ingly, to her friends as they passed her.
She fingered near one of the stalls where
the gewgaws displayed were of a more
| costly and magnificent character than else
where presented her with earrings and
| breastpin. Prudence forbade me adding a
| finger ring. Then her eye rested on an
ornamental dagger with hilt of pearl and
ivory and blade of finely tempered steel
such one as Lombard girls still wear in
their garters. Her look betrayed her spoken
desire, and purchased the pretty weapon
for her. Her eyes danced with delight as
she received it. [ felt it to be strange
present, but it was more valuable and more
acceptable than the trinkets which pre-
ceded it. AS she stopped to thrust 1t inside
her garter. the bloom again mantled her
| cheek and suffused her throat. To nv
mind she was then the personification OF
maidenly innocence and beauty.
Ten minutes afterwards one of Giusep-
pina's friends spoke to her. l thought Ma
rietta the prettiest of tine dark damsels had
seen, and said so.
s'Wlll YOU not come with us2n [ asked ot